TOKYO - Thursday, March 12th 2015 [ME NewsWire]

Supermarket Trade Show 2015

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- Panasonic Corporation and Panasonic Eco Solutions Commercial Equipment Systems Co.,Ltd. participated in the "49th Supermarket Trade Show 2015" held from February 10 to 12, 2015 at Tokyo Big Sight. The entire line-up of new products and solutions for supermarkets and convenience stores, which were introduced on January 29, 2015, made their first public appearance.

For nearly 50 years, Panasonic has developed a relationship of trust with customers that engage in food retail services and as a distributor of cold chain products, continued to contribute to the security and safety in the food retail business. In recent years, Panasonic has offered comprehensive retail solutions, rather than single products, with excellent connectivity and energy performance. Panasonic continues to offer very unique, eco-conscious solutions, aspiring to become the best partner fo ... Read more »

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Thursday, March 12th 2015 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- SES (NYSE Paris:SESG) (LuxX:SESG) announced today that SkyStream FZ LLC has renewed capacity on SES's NSS-6 satellite and has taken on additional capacity on SES's NSS-12 satellite to deploy VSAT networks across the Middle East.

SkyStream will utilise the Ku-band capacity on NSS-6 at 95 degrees East and NSS-12 at 57 degrees East to serve the maritime and oil and gas industries.

"SES has been providing SkyStream with reliable and premium satellite capacity for years. We are glad to renew and expand capacity agreements with SES in order to support the growth of our customers in the maritime and oil and gas industries," said Riyadh Al Adely, Managing Director at SkyStream.

"This series of agreements is a vote of confidence from SkyStream that we have been a reliable partner – and one who is flexible and adapts quickly to their changing ma ... Read more »

SHENZHEN, China - Thursday, March 12th 2015 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- ZTE Corporation noted that one patent of Vringo Inc. and its subsidiaries was invalidated by the Patent Re-examination Board of the State Intellectual Property Office of the People’s Republic of China because of lack of invention.

The patent, numbered 02806506.9, which is related to wireless communication, was wholly invalidated by the Patent Re-examination Board. So far, six Vringo patents have been invalidated by the board.

The decisions in China followed Vringo’s efforts to license to ZTE a broad patent portfolio, including patents that were invalidated by the Patent Re-examination Board. The United States Patent and Trademark Office has also been requested by ZTE Corporation to re-examine five patents of Vringo Inc. and its subsidiaries last month.

ZTE owns a substantial portfolio of patents including SEPs and supports FRAND licensing as a licensor and license ... Read more »

Dubai Media City MD Mohammad Abdullah receives award in front of UAE’s and Egypt’s Ministers for Culture

Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Monday, March 9th 2015 [ME NewsWire]

Dubai Media City MD Mohammad Abdullah receives award in front of UAE’s and Egypt’s Ministers for Culture

Award given in recognition of the TECOM’s overall contribution to the development of the region’s media industry

Dubai Media City, was honoured by the Arab Producer’s Union for its contribution to the development and growth of the media industry in the Arab World.

At a ceremony held at the Cairo Opera House on 26 February, under the banner of “Thanks Emirates”, Mohammad Abdullah, Managing Director of Dubai Media City, received an award in recognition of the significant role that it and has had on developing and promoting the region’s media industry.

Attending the ceremony was Egypt’s Minister for Cu ... Read more »